If the point of the vaccines was only to reduce severity of infection then why would we even need vaccine passports or being having a discussion about the threat unvaccinated people pose? It would be a moot point. Clearly it’s about transmission as well.
The entire crew was double jabbed and there was still an outbreak. There are going to be outbreaks amongst the double jabbed. Which can then spread to vulnerable people who are doubled jabbed. We should be accepting of this fact but instead a small insignificant minority of people who won’t/can’t be jabbed will be blamed. Transmission is inevitable. The fact is too many people are convinced the plan is for nobody to get Covid and if they do contract it then we MUST find someone to blame. When in human history have we blamed other people so vehemently over an airborne virus? People need to listen to Whitty. They don’t care if you get Covid- the message is basically stop worrying, hope you’ve been vaccinated and crack on. And yet somehow in September that will need to be changed and we’ll suddenly need vaccine passports?
And you have Covid do you not? The first jab effectiveness in combating the delta variant has been widely proven to be much lower than if you’re double dosed. The government love to put out press releases stating “we have offered everyone a first dose” but that doesn’t tell the full story does it.
Furthermore if you test positive you have to wait 28 days before being able to be jabbed- this has effected two people I know who will now not be double jabbed until October if the 8 weeks between doses timetable holds up. So they’ve been exposed to Covid and they’ll have “natural immunity” but this doesn’t mean anything?
There is also an estimated 5% of people in groups 1-9 who haven’t been fully vaccinated. What is being done to target those individuals? Many of whom I doubt frequent night clubs. Are night clubs and young people an easy target? Or will the idea of a vaccine pass be extended further into other areas of society to encourage these people?
To answer your other question, what is the alternative? The alternative is basically to not implement vaccine passports. Why? Here’s how I read the situation:
“Young people aren’t getting vaccinated. They need to understand they’re at serious risk from this virus and they also pose a serious risk to the community if they carry on acting as they are whilst be unvaccinated”
“Well then why are you allowing them to act in that way before they’ve been double jabbed for several months whilst allowing the virus to spread exponentially amongst that age group?”
Do you see the cognitive dissonance here? The government want to be seen to be doing something. That’s all this amounts to.
Especially as they know an inevitable autumn wave is coming. They have their scapegoats at the ready.
By the time the end of September rolls around then surely a majority of people in the country will have protection from either the vaccine or natural immunity? It’s estimated up to 90% of the population have antibodies.
If you could guarantee me there would be no more lockdowns if we implement vaccine passports I’d be probably be more receptive to them being implemented. As it is, I’m 86% certain we’ll end up with restrictions anyway so this will all be a waste of time.
